Nail A Hair Change On A Budget

You’ve emptied your pockets getting sloshed through December, and now it’s broke o’clock. When life comes down to Maggi meals and cutting chai instead of Starbucks, even thinking of a high-end sesh with your hairstylist gives your (empty) wallet a heart attack. Whatever happened to hair makeovers on a budget?

For it to be a ‘Happy New Year’ for both your drab-looking tresses and scanty bank account, you gotta play it smart, woman. Time to rock a hair change without burning a hole in that pocket.

Here are the budget hairstyling tips for women:

Chop, But Smartly

If you know nothing about the fear of scissors, this one’s for you. Speak to your stylist about low-maintenance haircuts before making the chop-chop appointment. If you’re blessed with naturally thick, cascading locks, go for heavy layers that grow out beautifully. For women with fine tresses, a classic yet affordable blunt cut does the job well. The trick here is to opt for a haircut that doesn’t make you rebook your cutter often.

Bold Highlights? Yes, Please!

Found yourself shamelessly ogling the purple-haired chick at the supermarket? Ah, the draw of crazy hair experiments. We feel you if you’re short of moolah (and courage) for such a bold change. How ‘bout trying just a few striking yet relatively cheap streaks of color? Use an electric blue or a blood red only on the ends or on the bottom-most layer of your hair, the one that peaks out from underneath. Also, washout formulations like Crazy Color Semi Permanent Hair Color Cream strike out all possible chances of post-color regret.

Spritz, Play, Wash

So you've got a non-committal way of life and we totally get that. Rainbow hues are the talk of tress town and you needn’t be brave to take on the brights. Probably the quickest way to spruce up your mane, the BBLUNT One Night Stand Temporary Hair Colour gives you the freedom to rock a new, dramatic splash of color every other night and wash it away the next morning. Aah-mazing!

DI-Why-Not?

You ought to realize that with a little added care, there’s nothing your colorist can do that you cannot. More and more women are chucking the idea of pricey hair color rounds at the salon and DIY-ing it. If you’ve not been living under a rock, you probably know that balayage coloring has been a hit for quite some time now. A free-hand technique that involves zero use of foils, the transition is more natural and less obvious. Opt for an easy-to-apply color like the Schwarzkopf Palette Deluxe Intense Oil Care Color and get balayage-ing!

Time For Touch-Ups

No point running to your stylist for every grey strand that peeks out. Stretch your time between two consecutive salon visits and disguise root grow-outs at home by getting your hands on this genius called L'Oreal Paris Magic Retouch Instant Root Concealer. Cover grey roots in precisely three seconds, whenever and wherever. Don’t worry about stark differences, this one gives you perfectly blended coverage until your next wash.

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